Adults, pushed to the edge by fucking children.
What a bunch of whiners. Try not to kill yourselves should you ever come across a real problem.
Uhh no.
Actually, we’re adults pushed to the edge by** parents** who fail to control or discipline their children.
See the difference?
I think it belladonna summed it up quite nicely when she said:
I can live with kids getting excited in public and I can live with those kids when their voices go up a few decibels at the store.
No big deal as long as they’re not shouting at the top of their lungs.
What I refuse to live with are children running up and down the aisles, careening into my cart.
I know that certain restaurants are geared towards kids and I never go into a MacDonald’s expecting peace and quiet.
(Well, truthfully I never go into MacDonald’s period, but I think you get my drift).
When I’m forking out the bucks for a decent sit-down meal, I do expect the little tykes to remain in their seats as well and to keep their voices under control.
What I firmly object to are parents that make no earthly attempt to civilize their little darlings and then expect the rest of us to tolerate obnoxious behavior.
I mentioned my friends with the badly behaved daughter earlier in the thread.
She has a problem making friends because she’s never been taught to allow others to share the limelight or take turns.
She originally had three parts in her church’s Christmas play last year but was reduced to singing in the choir.
Her mother was evasive about why the children’s director had yanked her at the last minute but I suspect that it was a discipline problem.
She cannot entertain herself at all and gets bored quickly.
I am loath to eat with her at a restaurant because she’s never learned to say please or thank you to the waitstaff when ordering.
Do you really think that her parents are doing her a service,Clint in Wichita, by not instilling basic manners?
The passive parenting model that has been used to raise her has created a real problem for both the child and just about eveyone that comes into contact with her.
Pushed to the edge? Hyperbolize much? I see you’re still a guest, which probably means we won’t be annoying you for too much longer. Buh-bye, now.
Or you can adopt my solution. I have done this on more than one occasion under similar circumstances. The last time I did, I got a round of applause and someone paid for my lunch.
Simply yell - loudly - at the women words to the effect of “Put a leash on the brats and shut them up, or get them the hell out of here.”
Works a treat.
Follow up-
I knew something was tickling my brain about this.